Integrated File System Introduction
Why use the integrated file system
The integrated file system enhances the already extensive data management capabilities of OS/400 with additional capabilities to better support emerging and future forms of information processing, such as client/server, open systems, and multimedia.
You can use the integrated file system to:
- Provide fast access to OS/400 data, especially for applications such as Client Access that use the OS/400 file server.
- Allow more efficient handling of types of stream data, such as images, audio, and video.
- Provide a file system base and a directory base for supporting UNIX-based open system standards, such as Portable Operating System Interface for Computer Environments (POSIX) and XPG. This file structure and this directory structure also provides a familiar environment for users of PC operating systems such as Disk Operating System (DOS), and Windows operating systems.
- Allow file support with unique capabilities (such as record-oriented database files, UNIX-based stream files, and file serving) to be handled as separate file systems, while allowing them all to be managed through a common interface.
- Allow PC users to take better advantage of their graphical user interface. For example, Windows users can use the Windows graphical tools to operate on iSeries server stream files and other objects in the same way they operate on files stored on their PCs.
- Provide continuity of object names and associated object information across national languages. For example, this ensures that individual characters remain the same when switching from the code page of one language to the code page of another language.
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